Luke Walker
James Luke Walker
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 192 lb.

Born: September 2, 1943 in DeKalb, TX
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1965
Final Game: October 1, 1974
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1965 21 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 18 0.600 3.6 0.0 1.8 9.0 5.00
1966 22 PIT NL 0 1 .000 4.50 10 1 2 0 0 0 10.0 8 9 5 0 15 2 7 1 0 2 55 79 2.300 7.2 0.0 13.5 6.3 0.47
1968 24 PIT NL 0 3 .000 2.04 39 2 14 0 0 3 61.2 42 18 14 1 39 0 66 1 0 5 264 142 1.314 6.1 0.1 5.7 9.6 1.69
1969 25 PIT NL 4 6 .400 3.64 31 15 6 3 1 0 118.2 98 51 48 5 57 3 96 2 0 6 500 96 1.306 7.4 0.4 4.3 7.3 1.68
1970 26 PIT NL 15 6 .714 3.04 42 19 13 5 3 3 163.0 129 56 55 6 89 8 124 1 0 6 684 128 1.337 7.1 0.3 4.9 6.8 1.39 CYA-10,MVP-25
1971 27 PIT NL 10 8 .556 3.55 28 24 1 4 2 0 159.2 157 69 63 9 53 2 86 2 0 5 666 98 1.315 8.8 0.5 3.0 4.8 1.62
1972 28 PIT NL 4 6 .400 3.40 26 12 5 2 0 2 92.2 98 41 35 4 34 4 48 0 0 2 399 99 1.424 9.5 0.4 3.3 4.7 1.41
1973 29 PIT NL 7 12 .368 4.65 37 18 1 2 1 1 122.0 129 75 63 9 66 8 74 1 0 8 553 76 1.598 9.5 0.7 4.9 5.5 1.12
1974 30 DET AL 5 5 .500 4.99 28 9 9 0 0 0 92.0 100 56 51 9 54 1 52 2 0 6 420 76 1.674 9.8 0.9 5.3 5.1 0.96
9 Seasons 45 47 .489 3.65 243 100 51 16 7 9 824.2 763 375 334 43 408 28 558 10 0 41 3559 97 1.420 8.3 0.5 4.5 6.1 1.37
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .489 3.65 48 20 10 3 1 2 163 151 74 66 9 81 6 111 2 0 8 706 97 1.420 8.3 0.5 4.5 6.1 1.37
PIT (8 yrs) 40 42 .488 3.48 215 91 42 16 7 9 732.2 663 319 283 34 354 27 506 8 0 35 3139 101 1.388 8.1 0.4 4.3 6.2 1.43
DET (1 yr) 5 5 .500 4.99 28 9 9 0 0 0 92.0 100 56 51 9 54 1 52 2 0 6 420 76 1.674 9.8 0.9 5.3 5.1 0.96
NL (8 yrs) 40 42 .488 3.48 215 91 42 16 7 9 732.2 663 319 283 34 354 27 506 8 0 35 3139 101 1.388 8.1 0.4 4.3 6.2 1.43
AL (1 yr) 5 5 .500 4.99 28 9 9 0 0 0 92.0 100 56 51 9 54 1 52 2 0 6 420 76 1.674 9.8 0.9 5.3 5.1 0.96

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1970 26 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 1 .000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 2 1 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 27 0.857 6.4 1.3 1.3 6.4 5.00
1971 27 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 6.000 40.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
1972 28 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 1 .000 6.23 3 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 11 7 6 1 2 2 5 0 0 1 39 1.500 11.4 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.50
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 3.38 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 3 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 33 1.125 9.0 1.1 1.1 5.6 5.00
1 WS 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 6.000 40.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 21 PIT NL 2 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .118 .167 .118 .284 .167 2 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 PIT NL 10 55 39 9 8 2 0 0 3 0 15 7 .205 .436 .256 .693 .250 10 1 1 0 0 2
1968 24 PIT NL 39 264 221 18 42 4 1 1 3 4 39 66 .190 .314 .231 .545 .266 51 4 1 3 0 0
1969 25 PIT NL 31 500 433 51 98 14 1 5 11 1 57 96 .226 .318 .298 .616 .279 129 18 2 7 1 3
1970 26 PIT NL 42 684 588 56 129 18 4 6 7 4 89 124 .219 .322 .294 .616 .267 173 18 1 3 3 8
1971 27 PIT NL 28 666 599 69 157 19 6 9 4 3 53 86 .262 .321 .359 .680 .290 215 32 2 6 6 2
1972 28 PIT NL 26 399 352 41 98 15 3 4 1 2 34 48 .278 .338 .372 .710 .308 131 21 0 8 5 4
1973 29 PIT NL 37 552 477 75 129 17 3 9 9 2 66 74 .270 .358 .375 .734 .302 179 13 1 5 3 8
1974 30 DET AL 28 420 360 56 100 13 3 9 11 5 54 52 .278 .374 .406 .780 .303 146 13 2 3 1 1
9 Seasons 243 3558 3086 375 763 102 21 43 49 21 408 558 .247 .335 .336 .671 .288 1036 120 10 35 19 28
162 Game Avg. 48 705 612 74 151 20 4 9 10 4 81 111 .247 .335 .336 .671 .288 205 24 2 7 4 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1966 22 PIT NL 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 8 3 1 0 4.5 0.0 2.3
1968 24 PIT NL 39 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 44 46 41 20 5 0 2 3.0 0.8 4.5
1969 25 PIT NL 31 15 4 6 5 0 1 8 7 .533 1 1 3 1 7 47% 56 85 27 15 5 2 10 4.4 4.3 6.4
1970 26 PIT NL 42 19 12 5 2 4 0 14 5 .737 0 2 5 3 9 47% 57 91 25 21 9 4 6 5.4 4.6 6.8
1971 27 PIT NL 28 24 8 8 8 1 5 12 12 .500 1 5 4 2 15 63% 52 87 9 15 7 0 13 4.5 3.6 6.2
1972 28 PIT NL 26 12 4 5 3 0 1 7 5 .583 0 3 2 0 5 42% 47 73 23 9 2 2 6 3.9 4.0 5.1
1973 29 PIT NL 37 18 7 10 1 0 2 8 10 .444 0 1 2 1 9 50% 48 82 17 27 13 3 6 4.1 3.1 5.5
1974 30 DET AL 28 9 3 5 1 2 1 4 5 .444 0 1 0 0 2 22% 40 57 22 15 5 6 2 5.4 5.3 4.1
8 Seasons 241 100 38 40 22 7 10 55 45 .550 2 15 16 7 48 48% 51 91 9 130 49 18 45 4.6 4.0 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1965 21 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.269 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
1966 22 PIT NL 10 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 0 0% 9 1.441 4 2 2 2 1 6 6 3 2 6 2 1 2.6
1968 24 PIT NL 39 37 14 0 2 4 3 2 75% 7 2 31 5 16% 8 1.042 12 10 10 8 5 20 16 17 20 12 18 4 4.3
1969 25 PIT NL 31 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 8 50% 8 0.814 1 5 10 1 0 15 8 8 8 4 8 1 4.2
1970 26 PIT NL 42 23 13 3 1 4 3 1 75% 6 2 13 2 15% 7 1.094 9 5 9 6 5 12 8 15 12 8 12 5 4.4
1971 27 PIT NL 28 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0% 4 1.046 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 8.0
1972 28 PIT NL 26 14 5 0 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 10 2 20% 7 0.914 3 3 8 3 1 10 5 9 10 2 11 2 6.8
1973 29 PIT NL 37 19 1 0 2 2 1 1 50% 4 2 16 8 50% 6 0.965 5 5 9 4 3 12 9 10 9 7 11 2 3.7
1974 30 DET AL 28 19 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 7 30% 7 0.707 4 4 11 0 1 18 13 6 14 3 14 1 8.6
9 Seasons 243 143 51 7 7 12 9 4 75% 24 9 122 32 26% 0.958 39 35 63 25 16 98 67 72 79 44 80 16 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1965 21 PIT NL 18 67% 0.0% 27.8% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 4.00 67% 1 0 0%
1966 22 PIT NL 55 69% 0.0% 12.7% 27.3% 3.6% 25% 2.83 58% 12 1 8%
1968 24 PIT NL 264 70% 0.4% 25.0% 14.8% 2.3% 14% 2.76 58% 51 4 8%
1969 25 PIT NL 500 81% 1.0% 19.2% 11.4% 4.0% 20% 2.23 67% 97 18 19%
1970 26 PIT NL 684 82% 0.9% 18.1% 13.0% 4.1% 22% 2.03 67% 129 18 14%
1971 27 PIT NL 666 81% 1.4% 12.9% 8.0% 5.1% 22% 2.27 77% 153 32 21%
1972 28 PIT NL 399 77% 1.0% 12.0% 8.5% 5.5% 22% 2.29 76% 98 21 21%
1973 29 PIT NL 553 74% 1.6% 13.4% 12.0% 5.3% 23% 1.78 72% 108 13 12%
1974 30 DET AL 420 72% 2.1% 12.4% 12.9% 6.0% 25% 1.95 71% 82 13 16%
9 Seasons 3559 77% 1.2% 15.7% 11.5% 4.7% 22% 2.13 70% 731 120 16%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1965 21 PIT NL 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 22 PIT NL 55 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 40% 3 2 1 24 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1968 24 PIT NL 226 42 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 16 4 6 25% 3 5 0 88 3 4 43% 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 38
1969 25 PIT NL 454 98 5 0 15 4 1 2 3 25 13 5 52% 8 6 1 180 11 1 92% 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 46
1970 26 PIT NL 684 129 6 0 22 4 2 2 4 39 15 8 38% 6 6 1 250 7 4 64% 5 3 2 0 0 1 2 2 14 0
1971 27 PIT NL 665 157 9 0 20 6 3 4 5 34 23 1 68% 13 5 4 240 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
1972 28 PIT NL 399 98 4 0 7 4 0 0 4 23 14 1 61% 12 2 0 167 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1973 29 PIT NL 553 129 9 1 12 6 3 3 6 33 23 5 70% 15 8 0 218 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 14 0
1974 30 DET AL 420 100 9 0 13 5 4 7 2 13 9 1 69% 6 6 2 180 11 5 69% 10 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
9 Seasons 3474 763 43 1 99 29 14 18 25 190 103 29 54% 66 41 9 1350 49 21 70% 45 18 4 1 0 2 8 4 83 85
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1965 21 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 18 0.600 3.6 0.0 1.8 9.0 5.00
1966 22 0 1 .000 3.00 12 1 2 0 0 0 15.0 10 9 5 0 16 2 12 1 0 3 73 118 1.733 6.0 0.0 9.6 7.2 0.75 118
1967 23 0 1 .000 3.00 12 1 2 0 0 0 15.0 10 9 5 0 16 2 12 1 0 3 73 118 1.733 6.0 0.0 9.6 7.2 0.75 118
1968 24 0 4 .000 2.23 51 3 16 0 0 3 76.2 52 27 19 1 55 2 78 2 0 8 337 136 1.396 6.1 0.1 6.5 9.2 1.42 136
1969 25 4 10 .286 3.09 82 18 22 3 1 3 195.1 150 78 67 6 112 5 174 4 0 14 837 107 1.341 6.9 0.3 5.2 8.0 1.55 107
1970 26 19 16 .543 3.06 124 37 35 8 4 6 358.1 279 134 122 12 201 13 298 5 0 20 1521 117 1.340 7.0 0.3 5.0 7.5 1.48 117
1971 27 29 24 .547 3.21 152 61 36 12 6 6 518.0 436 203 185 21 254 15 384 7 0 25 2187 110 1.332 7.6 0.4 4.4 6.7 1.51 110
1972 28 33 30 .524 3.24 178 73 41 14 6 8 610.2 534 244 220 25 288 19 432 7 0 27 2586 108 1.346 7.9 0.4 4.2 6.4 1.50 108
1973 29 40 42 .488 3.48 215 91 42 16 7 9 732.2 663 319 283 34 354 27 506 8 0 35 3139 101 1.388 8.1 0.4 4.3 6.2 1.43 101
1974 30 45 47 .489 3.65 243 100 51 16 7 9 824.2 763 375 334 43 408 28 558 10 0 41 3559 97 1.420 8.3 0.5 4.5 6.1 1.37 97

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1965 21 0 0 0.00 6.0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.167 0.0 1.5 9.0 6.00 0.0 2
1966 22 0 1 .000 4.50 10.0 8 6 5 0 15 7 1 2.300 7.2 13.5 6.3 0.47 0.0 10
1968 24 4 2 .667 2.89 56.0 48 20 18 1 45 60 1 1.661 7.7 7.2 9.6 1.33 0.2 39
1969 25 5 7 .417 4.38 111.0 104 60 54 5 60 90 2 1.477 8.4 4.9 7.3 1.50 0.4 31
1970 26 10 7 .588 3.25 155.0 129 62 56 6 89 118 1 1.406 7.5 5.2 6.9 1.33 0.3 42
1971 27 7 9 .438 4.35 147.0 166 79 71 10 56 79 2 1.510 10.2 3.4 4.8 1.41 0.6 28
1972 28 5 5 .500 4.20 90.0 109 47 42 4 38 47 0 1.633 10.9 3.8 4.7 1.24 0.4 26
1973 29 4 8 .333 5.48 115.0 137 78 70 10 70 70 1 1.800 10.7 5.5 5.5 1.00 0.8 37
1974 30 3 6 .333 5.93 85.0 105 62 56 9 57 48 2 1.906 11.1 6.0 5.1 0.84 1.0 28
9 Seasons 38 45 .458 4.32 775.0 806 414 372 45 431 525 10 1.596 9.4 6.1 1.22 0.5 243

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-NL-25-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-NL--10--1%
0.01 Career Shares (260th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1970 NL--3.037--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1970 NL--.714--4th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL--7.123--3rd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL--6.847--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 NL--3--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL--.331--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1970 NL--128--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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